ETROIT — Jackson Lamb de­served a better fate. The recent Bedford graduate and University of Michigan recruit was the starting and losing pitch­er in the 32nd annual East/ West All- Star Baseball Classic Monday night at Comerica Park.

Only one of the five runs he al­lowed was earned as he was be­trayed by some shaky fielding.

Offensively, Lamb was one of the stars of the game, scoring half of the West runs in a 9-4 loss to the East.

He crushed a 410- foot triple to centerfield — the most impressive clout of the night by either team. It missed clearing the fence by less than 10 feet in the spacious home of the Detroit Tigers.

“I knew I put a good swing on it, but I also knew it was 420 feet out there,” Lamb said after the game. “For a moment, I thought it might be out.”

On Sunday Lamb and the East’s Carmen Benedetti from Grosse Pointe South were named 2013 Mr. Baseball by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Asso­ciation which sponsors the all-star game.

Thirty-six of the top high school seniors in Michigan waited several hours for the rain to end so they could get the showcase in Mon­day.

The start of the game was de­layed for 95 minutes by rain. It didn’t end until nearly 11: 15 p. m. The teams also played nine in­nings, and the East batted in the bottom of the ninth even though it was ahead.

“It was a great experience play­ing here under the lights,” Lamb said. “I liked being a part of this. We had a couple bad breaks, but overall you couldn’t be more happy about anything.”

The East team was made up of players from the Detroit metropolitan area. Lamb’s West squad represented the rest of the state. He batted second in the order, pitched the first two innings and played centerfield for the next four.

One of only four all-stars players drafted by major league teams, Lamb scored the first run of the game to give the West a brief 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. His ground ball to short was bobbled and Lamb beat the throw for an error. He came all the way around to score on a double error.

The game got off to an ugly start as six errors were committed over the first three innings.

Lamb battled wildness early. The East tied the game in the first inning when he surrendered a single, a walk, a hit-batter and another walk to force in a run.

He should have gotten out of the inning with a tie, but Hector Gutierrez’s ( Detroit Western International) pop foul was dropped by catcher Robert Greenman ( Hudsonville). Given new life, Gutierrez smashed a three-run double.

The West added a fifth run in the second inning when Travis Perkola ( Macomb Dakota) doubled, stole third and scored on a throwing error. Now they led 5-1, but four of the runs were unearned.

Lamb flew out to rightfield in the third inning. He led off the fifth with his prodigious triple and scored the West’s third run on Pat Gaudard’s (Richland Gull Lake) single.

Tecumseh’s Jacob Britt, who doubled, had the only other extra-base hit for the West. Perkola hit a pair of doubles for the East.

Lamb and Benedetti share more than just the Mr. Baseball award. Both will be playing baseball at U-M and plan to be roommates in the fall.

“It’s a humbling experience for both of us,” Lamb told Benjamin Szilagy of the Student Broadcast Foundation. “It shows how hard we worked throughout our careers.”

Benetti said the two have been playing ball together since they were 10, “so we naturally have a strong bond. We even think the same way.”